Thinking about it
Your options, your rights and what it might cost, read in your own time. Nobody here will push you either way.
You're not starting over. You're starting again.
Straight answers about divorce, money and children, and the right expert when you need one. We're with you from the first doubt to life after.
Urgent helplinesStart with where you are.
Pick the stage closest to yours. Each has its own guides, and a free plan that turns them into a checklist with your dates.
Going through it
Forms, deadlines, money, the house and the children, and the right expert when it gets complicated.
After divorce
The practical changes, from the bank account to the house, and the parts nobody warns you about.
Work out your costs and dates
Free tools built from official court fees and published prices. No sign-up, and every figure shows where it comes from.
Your divorce plan, in one place.
A checklist for your stage, the dates that matter to you and the guides you've saved. It's free. Sign in with your email to keep it.
Make your planCourt fees
Every divorce and family court fee for 2026 in one dated table, from the £628 application fee onwards.
See all court feesCost calculator
Answer five questions to see the court fees and typical costs for each route, from doing it yourselves to a solicitor.
Estimate your costDate calculator
Enter your application date to see the earliest dates for your conditional and final orders, and a realistic finish date.
Work out your datesCompare services
Online divorce services, fixed-fee solicitors and mediation side by side, with published prices and the court fee added.
Compare servicesGet matched with a solicitor, mediator or adviser.
Tell us what's going on and we'll introduce you to two or three people near you who deal with exactly that. The introduction is free, and they'll tell you their fees before you agree to anything.
You're not alone in this.
Talk with other people going through the same thing, using a nickname if you'd rather stay anonymous. The members' rooms open on Monday 4 January 2027.
There are rooms for thinking about it, going through it and life after, and for dads, mums, co-parenting, people over 50 and LGBTQ+ members. Nobody sees your real name, email or phone number, and every message is checked before it appears.
Membership is £49 a year and includes our workbooks, letters and planners, which you can use as soon as you join.
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